XWiki Platform Web Parent POM vulnerable to XSS in the attachment history

Impact

It’s possible to store a JavaScript which will be executed by anyone viewing the history of an attachment containing javascript in its name.

For example, attachment a file with name &gt;<img src>.jpg will execute the alert.

Patches

This issue has been patched in XWiki 13.10.6 and 14.3RC1.

Workarounds

It is possible to replace viewattachrev.vm, the entry point for this attack, by a patched version from the patch without updating XWiki.

References

• https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-19612

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